Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-11-19
Fischer Shouts ''Hurrah for
Anarchy" with His
Last Breath.
Parsons Essays TO Speak,
But The Fatal Drop Falls
Too Soon.
THE DRCP,
Four Aparc hists Pay The Penalty CT Thci:
A~trocious Crimes.

run h1'n''hho'o ray tHS rSHaity Vi AESE
Atrocious Crimes.
CHICA&o, Nov. 1i.-Although it waf
well understood that tie precincts and
approaches to the Cook county iai'
would bc,Gtrongly guarded this morn.
ing by heavy detatchments of police,
and the Gordon w0p,d extend roUut
the e~Btire.square OF tae criminal coVr.
building, from Dearb0n to Clark and
Illinois To Michigan streets, long before
day break large crowds Of men had Re-
sembled X the ~viciEity, although they
GOULD do no more than look at TIE
frowRing fortress If The Jail, within
which it was know@ tie hurried prep
arati@Ds fer the eyseytion were Seirg
completed. A sad End vacant express
sion, G1r the most pa-t, characterized
the features of the o~nlookers, and Il
was @0t difficult 30 divine thai they
were sympathESe.s with the
doonssi men, end probably
many 81 them belozgeL to local gyOups
of the sHternationa} Working Peoples
association with ~aicb all the COZ
/, demnea anarchists meqe aft Hated rs
the day woE on and tie hour OF exc
cutioR SERVED the constantly aUgUaent-
ing throngs of people im )eded al bust
ness tratsiciE the 4eighborhood. No
demonstE alton of any kind was al.
tempted .Or,seemed 20 b. Appreciated
by the ps6sce authorities, Capt. Seksack
of the north g4de police precinct, Upor
whom the duty of gUsrdip g the jail and
tho prisoners also in s. lG-ge Measure
has always devolyei appeared quite
early on f&e scene. He wG3 quite grave
AND preONsnpisd, but frmCess aud res
olution was manifested incl his acts
aud in the instructions be gave
to his subordinate officers and aids.
szIRBsg p MAC@ON.
As tie tall &ad commanding form @f
Sher.f Mat,on .ascenGed = The steps
leading across the interior leJby OF the
building To the court yard and jail
every eve was Gentered on I'm. He
appeared weighted down witt anxiety
and there was eyeIy indication in the
expression Of his features hat hiE
sympathy went out. TO the guilty niea
as the closing mA0meLts of their lives
wore On and he was preparing to ex-
ecute taG dread sentence of dle law.
The gailows which was used dor the
Italian sInurderers about a couple of
years ago was erected in the north cor
ridor of tie jail the usual place af x
e~cution, within which space
the prisoners calls are Loo lated.
For a Longtime past no reasonable wish
preferred bT the more stractabEe and
well behaved memSers Of the fI&ter-
nifty of revolationists has remained I'M
granted or been denied. The zen.
without exception, are fully sensibio 81
the special in~dulgences granted tam
and their Tolatives &nd friends AID
have expresses their sense OF gratitude
fox countless little acts OF kindness
done for them&sy the jail o65cers and
authorities. Lingg waa the only im-
~placGble and indispensable mar and he
was i1ntil his ssicide practically iso-
Lated. Before ths actual time of exc
catior arrived a Eeport spread through
out the mass Of people assembled that
Cos. 0glesby III the eleventh. hour had
granted q reprieye or temporary res
pite. This news news visibly changed
the eountanance of tie crowds, who at
once Jumped to the conclusion
that the rumoHsd Intervention
Of the governor might yet
mean the aal yation OF perhaps aA the
mems lives with the pOssible exception
of that of August Spies and Louis
Lingg. AS notwithstanding this
report the busted preparations of the
executives witbin the jail ~eontiuuedthe
feeling of relief and rejoicing on the
part Of the anarchist synpathizers
quickly died ont again, and none OF the
throng showed any disposition to move
away from the locality until the an
nouncement that the dread fiat OF the
law had been duly carried out should
be proclaimed. The spectators
in the streets were proportion
ately larger from the North Side than
from any other section OF the city, but
at no time was the crowd OF the
magnitude that WA ali along predicted